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Question

Reducing sugars have a/an ____.

Answer

Reducing sugars have a/an -OH group attached to the anomeric carbon.
Reducing sugars have a/an -OH group attached to the anomeric carbon.
The -OH cannot be attached to any other structures
Reducing sugars:
Sucrose (shown below) is a non-reducing sugar because the anomeric carbon does not have an -OH group attached by itself
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